“Well I have had difficult friendships in my life that I had to overcome because it is hard. You know you should trust your friend’s, right, and they need to be valuable to you. But sometimes friendships can be difficult to handle, especially like you would usually think of that in an actual romantic...

"School schedules definitely negatively impact my life. I'm so stressed out, especially because it's junior year and there's just so much work to do. I'm up until the crack of dawn, [I get] no sleep. [I definitely] maintain a social life, I hang out with my friends every weekend. It's hard but you can...

"[This spring break] I saw Migos. Quavo pointed at me. It was the best thing. [Migos] was two and half hours late and had random acts on beforehand which was kinda lame but then Yung Nation came on and I got excited. They said my favorite line, "My money is taller than Tim Duncan dunkin'." Esrom Hagos,...

Carlos Garcia, senior, has always had a passion for art but he never knew that his art could take him so far. Throughout his four years of high school he's participated in Vase, Visual Arts Scholastic Events, art competitions. "I really like doing VASE. it's helped me grow as an artist."

"I am Ms. Smalley and I am the BASE teacher. I am a behavior teacher here, it's part of the special education program. I over see a case load of students who go to school here and make sure their individualized education plan is being followed in the school." Lakendra Smalley, BASE teacher.

"I wanted to teach because I wanted to give back to the community and help kids find their way. There's a lot of teachers who helped me find the direction I needed to go in my life. Make a plan for your future," Joel Blakley, Teacher.

"I plan to go to a couple of concerts [such as] Alex Aiono [during Spring Break.] He has a bunch of covers [on Youtube]. I never really listened to him that much but I'm going [to the concert] with my friend cause she already bought tickets."